Cyatheaceae FAMILY

Cyathea arborea

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

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Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cyathea arborea is an evergreen tree fern; it can grow 9 metres or more tall. The unbranched stem id 8 - 12cm in diameter, topped by a crown of long leaves, each up to 3 metres long[ 447 Title Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Publication Author Little E.L.; Wadsworth F.H. Publisher USDA, Forest Service; Washington. Year 1964 ISBN Description Contains detailed information, and usually an illustration, on 250 tree species, including both native and exotic species. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its stem. It is often cultivated as an ornamental.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Venezuela; Caribbean - Barbados to Puerto Rico and Jamaica.

HabitatAn understorey tree in forests, more commonly in open situations. It readily invades open areas, often being found growing abundantly along the cut roadside banks of new roads[ 447 Title Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Publication Author Little E.L.; Wadsworth F.H. Publisher USDA, Forest Service; Washington. Year 1964 ISBN Description Contains detailed information, and usually an illustration, on 250 tree species, including both native and exotic species. ].